Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'forsaken' occurs 86 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'forsaken' in the standard works and contain 14% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 24:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 16:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 54:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 69 0 69
NT 7 0 7
BM 7 0 7
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Alma 1 0 1
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 2 0 2
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 86 0 86

1 Ne. 21:14
But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me-- but he will show that he hath not.

2 Ne. 12:6
Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

2 Ne. 17:16
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

Alma 15:16
And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek, Amulek having forsaken all his gold, and silver, and his precious things, which were in the land of Ammonihah, for the word of God, he being rejected by those who were once his friends and also by his father and his kindred;

Hel. 7:17
O repent ye, repent ye! Why will ye die? Turn ye, turn ye unto the Lord your God. Why has he forsaken you?

3 Ne. 22:6
For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

3 Ne. 22:7
For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee.